Architecture
Human Body
Religon
Style
Art Enigma
100
The central building of Tenochtitlan is called this.
What is the Templo Mayor?
100
The Aztec's would skin prisoners and do this with the skin of the people for 20 days.
What is they would wear the skin around themselves?
100
Quetzalcoatl and Mictlantecuhtli are the gods of this
What are life and death
100
The statue of Coatlicue is shown in this style.
What is the Aztec style of showing a monstrous form?
100
The type of coloring Aztecs had on their pieces could be described as this.
What is vivid, colorful, and bright?
200
The Templo Mayor is a great example of superimposition because of this.
What are the many layers of the building stacked upon one another?
200
The Navajo god of rain bringing has the body of a man and is represented wearing this.
What is a mask that symbolizes water and agricultural fertility?
200
The way to enter the Mixtec underworld is through this.
What is the mouth of a great earth monster?
200
Most Aztec deities are shown with both of these features.
What are masculinity and femininity?
200
The Nightway: Whirling Logs is commonly described as being this.
What is rigid and very simple?
300
Inca architecture is most well known for this.
What is their supreme ability for shaping and fitting stone?
300
The Tlingit war helmet is thought to be either a carving of this or this's face.
What are a living person or a deceased member of the tribe?
300
The prophecy of seeing an eagle on a cactus with a snake in its mouth prompted the Aztecs to build this city.
What is Tenochtitlan?
300
The Tairona pendant shows the Inca love for this.
What is intricate and over the top design?
300
The brightly colored Kwakiutl mask was meant to do this while the wearer was dancing.
What is to open and close rapidly?
400
Dry-joining refers to this architectural technique.
What is fitting stone blocks together without mortar?
400
The Tairona pendant shows this man.
What is a bat faced man?
400
The Aztec's believed they had a divine mission to propagate the cult of this god.
What is Huitzilopotchli?
400
The Navajo style adapted to many different forms but the most prevalent is this.
What is vivid and abstract designs?
400
On totem poles these faces represent this.
What is representing the history of the clan?
500
The Incas possessed an almost instinctual skill for this.
What is building structures in perfect correlation with the chosen sight?
500
In the portrait of Mictlantecuhtli and Quetzalcoatl this is scene underneath them as an entrance to the underworld.
What is a human skull with keyboard like teeth?
500
Xipe Totec's ceremony consisted of people wearing the flayed skin of people. This ritual represented this and was done for this many days.
What is the renewal of Earth's vegetation in the Spring and for 20 days?
500
Alaskan ceremonial blankets would usually have this type of design on them.
What are geometric shapes?
500
The decorative items worn by Two Ravens in his portrait represent this aspect of his life.
What are his affiliations and military accomplishments?
M
e
n
u